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Hi everyone, I just wanted to ask if anyone in Mildura might be able to help us with looking for a missing dog. We have a possible lead for missing dog we are looking for in Mildura and need to check it out. If you think you might be able to help with half an hour of your time, please let us know. Call Lee on 1300 309 004 or email [email protected] thanks Lee

Just wondering if anyone has tried giving their local council members a copy of the Pitbull placebo book? It is free to download, so I was going to print a copy and give it to my state member and local council with the hope they may read it. Just wondering if anyone else has tried this already and received a response or feedback? cheers Lee

yes it is, but we are trying to get the cat home without having to go to the pound.

Hi everyone, just wondering if there is someone in the gosford area that has a microchip scanner to go to a person's house and scan a stray cat that has been caught. The cat is a persian/exotic so it is highly likely it will have a microchip, and we will be able to find the owner. The lady who has taken the cat in is elderly and cannot get it to a vet. We will reimburse you petrol and cost of your time for this. If you could let me know that would be great. thanks Lee Pet Search 1300 309 004

Hi everyone, Bailey is still missing, we are now helping with searching for him. We will stay in touch with any news that comes to hand. thanks Lee Pet Search

Our advice to anyone who is considering leaving their dog somewhere unattended is would you leave your wallet or handbag unattended there, if the answer is no, then don't leave your dog there. This applies to tieing dogs up outside shops or leaving them at a show. Theft of a dog is mostly an opportunistic crime, so if you remove the opportunity you will greatly reduce the chances of theft.

I thought I should test out if I went and bought this stuff from a pet store rather than my vet, so I went to a pet store near me and just asked them about advantix and asked why it said it do not use on cats, I was told "nah it is just that it is a stronger dose for a dog than a cat". So I said, does this mean that I could use 1 dog tube for 2 or 3 cats? She said yeh probably. I can see how easily people can be misled.

My vet recently notified us of the toxicity of Permethrin to cats, as we were purchasing some dog flea and tick treatments at the time and she knew we cared for cats. They told us that products like advantix and some other products on the market contain Permethrin and we should not use it in our house. I have just seen a veterinary board article on it and thought I would share it with everyone else as well as I am sure a lot of people are in the same situation and didn't realise how easy poisoning could occur. http://boardtalk.vpb.nsw.gov.au/index.php?...p;article_id=11 Not sure if it has been posted about previously, but thought I would put it up just incase it hadn't. A quote from the article is below: (PSOs mean "spot on" over the counter flea and tick treatments). The CURRENT PROBLEM is that PSOs are sold through supermarkets, pet stores and produce stores, generally with labelling that is hard to read and does not convey the extent of the potential toxicity. Many products only have a warning on the outer packaging – which is lost when the packet is opened or the ampoules loose stored for future use. The problem is amplified in poor socioeconomic areas, where families purchase a large dog product and used it to treat many cats – resulting in multiple fatalities. Other multiple poisonings have resulted from as simple an action as using the dog’s brush to comb the cats in the family.

our chihuahua had this problem and you will probably get quite a few responses on here as our vet said it is a very common problem. Our surgery cost about $800 from memory, but it was worth every cent. Prior to the operation our dog had started limping and carrying one of his back legs in the air. We weighed it up a bit more than normal as our chi had a strong heart murmur and was old too, so we were a bit worried about the operation. He only lived another year after the operation, but it was a great year! He recovered really quickly and he could cock his other leg on everything again (which he loved to do), so from our experience I would highly recommend the operation, but the costs do differ quite a bit with vets, so shop around. You can just ring up and ask what the surgery would cost, we found most vets could tell us a figure over the phone because they perform the operation so often.

microchipping still relies on the honesty of the person finding a stray dog to hand them in, and we all can atest to how many non honest people there are in this world, especially when it comes to a cute puppy. Some basic advice (we are in the process of putting together a lost pet guide soon to help guide people in this area). - register your dog with one of the australia wide microchip registries (AAR, CAR, petsafe), you pay to register on them. (These registries don't rely on a tag) - if you have a good relationship with your neighbours, help your dog build a good relationship with them too, so they get to know your dog's behaviour and recognise the noises if something is wrong. eg neighbours often ignore barking dogs, when this can sometimes be a signal that someone is in your property, so if your neighbours know your dog and can recognise this, it may help prevent other crimes too. - regularly take photos of your dog so you can show people what your dog looks like incase your dog goes missing - Desex your dog - we have seen that you have a better chance at getting your dog back if it is desexed. Also helps stop them wandering in the first place. - Don't assume that your gate will stay closed without a chain or padlock - wind, kids, adults, meter readers, all open gates, and they don't always shut them.

There are so many different scenarios to try: 1. Try one cat loose and your dogs crated. Reward dogs when they are quiet 2. Try two cat's loose and dogs crated (as cats playing together is a big temptation for some dogs) 3. Try cat's crated and one dog loose 4. Try cat's crated and two dogs loose (they can sometimes feed off each others energy and get into chasing mode) Some people will tell you that their dogs are fine with cats in the house, but will chase them if they are outdoors or in the yard We have one dog which is completely non cat friendly, regardless of what we do. We have gotten her to the point where she no longer drools on the doorstep looking at the cats, but she still sits there and watches them. She goes crazy when the cats are playing with each other and making cat noises.

All I can warn you is don't let yourself be pushed around by council. We have had problems with neighbours (not barking, but noise and smell after only moving in a month beforehand and by a neighbour that doesn't touch our boundaries), but at the end of the day the council have very little power. They can advise, recommend and request things of you, but can't physically come onto your property without your permission (even the police can't do this). They must have alot of documented evidence before they can impose a fine on you, or even visit you. We have found that the rangers and other council staff are often unaware of their own procedures that must be followed, so make sure you are aware of the procedures so you can stand your ground and request the evidence.

Name: Lee & Jarred (AKA Pet Search Detectives) Age (optional):27 & 28 Location: Western Sydney - NSW Rescue Group:Pawsnhooves Time in Rescue: since 2004 Who can vouch for:Narelle & Paul, Schmoo, most pawsnhooves peoples Preferred Breed:CATS!!! (we started with fostering dogs, but moved into cats when we saw a pregnant cat calling out to us from her cage at Renbury). Experience (if any):I definitely say we still wear L plates. But we have learnt alot about how to train cats (yes you read that right, we train our cats). Microchip: Yes Vaccination: Yes Desexing:Yes Heartworm test: Depends on the animal worming: definately flea treatment: Yes vet work if required: Yes basic training/teach manners:We test our cats with other cats, dogs and children, they are litter box and scratching post trained and we teach them to play with toys, not people's hands or ankles. house train dogs: I guess we can say yes to this as we house train our cats. Dogs inside the home or outside: Both we have a non cat friendly dog, so her and her best friend are outside a majority of the time, but we also have a dog inside as well. Are you prepared to give extra care for a submissive nervous dog: We have personally found this very difficult, and have gone along a big and heartbreaking learning curve for both dogs and cats. We have realised our limitations in this area, so we would have to say we would not be able to accept an animal like this into our current environment.

We are suffering the same problem in our home at the moment, 2 dogs - 1 male large terrier (big baby), 1 female -staffy x ridgeback, both desexed, and it is also over any type of food, even just the smell of dry biscuits it seems. Luckily I have been here each time to break up the fights, but there have been injuries to the dogs each time, and it started as we moved into a new house, and they found bones and old dog biscuits that had been left behind buried by the dog that used to live here. Our biggest fear is that they may find a dead bird, or mouse when we are not home, and there would be no one to stop the fight. As we are the only ones with big dogs in the neighbourhood and our neighbours have said they are scared of our staffy x because of how she looks..... We have been feeding them separately for the last year or so due to some aggression over bones one day, and we also use the triangle of temptation when it comes to feeding and that works wonderfully, but this aggression we don't know how to deal with, as our staffy x doesn't give any warning growl or snarl, she just gives a look and then attacks. Has anyone delt with aggression before? Any suggestions?

If anyone needs to get anything from innotek, go to our website Pet Search website and go to the links page, we have a special ID number that you can quote to innotek and get a discount. We have the innotek fence installed at my mums place due to fence jumping doggies, and I am happy to talk to anyone about how this works, and people can have a look at it too (we are in western sydney).